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now end
endeavour
the acting
Pust and
its
half salary for
expressed
disappointed, and shall
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epitomize the proceedings of bouncil,
(and furt in a concise form the leading
spoints of this
very
dioaquable case, as
se
I see no way of in preventing ito forward for Your Gracis
going
17.
decision.
The first point which I brought
before my
bouncil, and which in the
inclosed proceedings
is
very fully explained, Vide Enclosure
is the disregard of the Public interesto
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erined by
Mr Wilson in endeavoring
to
"deter Mr blark from accepting or remaining
in the past of Apistant Surveyor General.
at a
a time when the services of such
person
were
greatly
18.
nuded.
A. Pugeo 2 to 10.
a
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The enclosure A. to those proceedings
pheus that Mr Wilson had applied for
himself. I may state that he
verbally his willingnes to undertake the of Afsistant Engineer, a temporary
duties of
post.
held by Mr Bird junior, and
whose duties
vere
chiefly connected with
the superintendence of the Sea Wall and other works it Kowloon. The pay being
· a guinea a day.
+1
but
agued
I declined, that arrangement-
to let Me? Wilson undertatte
both duties with the half salary of
acting apistant Surveyor General
to his own to be held "not
added
i moment
after I could make some more suitable
"arrangement","
9.
The accident of Me? blankéretum
to China soon
afterwards enabled me